As part of Startup Daily’s summer series, we asked a range of people in the startup ecosystem about the year that’s been and what they see for 2020. One of the questions we asked was for their key highlight in 2019. Here’s what they said. Rachel Yang Investment Manager, Giant Leap Fund… Read more »
The test cricket season is over, and you’ve tried to catch up on sleep with an afternoon nap on the lounge, but the holiday break is also a great chance to catch up on reading. As part of our summer series, Startup Daily asked founders and others in the startup sector about the three books… Read more »
As part of Startup Daily’s summer series, we asked a range of people in the startup ecosystem about the year that’s been and what they see for 2020. One of the questions we asked was for the personal highlight of 2019. Here’s what they said. Cameron Adams Chief Product Officer, Canva Canva’s going from… Read more »
Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S6 is the perfect tool for today’s demanding, always on-the-go lifestyle for those who want to be productive, creative and entertained! It rewrites the rules on tablets and with the support of Samsung’s DeX platform, gives you desktop PC capabilities, offering the best all-around device whether it’s work or play. The Galaxy… Read more »
Australia’s Christmas traditions are a far cry from the world’s other major tech hubs, where people take a few days off amid the snow of a cool Yule. With many workers crossing the finish line to a summer, we spoke to founders and others in the startup ecosystem about how they’ll be spending the Christmas… Read more »
Competition watchdog the ACCC has pushed out timelines for the implementation and launch of some aspects of the Consumer Data Right (CDR), known as open banking from February until July 1, 2020, as it continues to look at testing for data privacy and security. Banking is the first sector to to address CDR, which… Read more »
Anna Reeves co-founded the live & online TV series That Startup Show in 2017, to focus on Australia’s fast- growing entrepreneurial boom and the culture that surrounds it. That Startup Show is hosted by Rae Johnston and Benjamin Law and features comedy, banter and rising startups being “live mentored”. Find out more here. As… Read more »
BrickX, the fintech startup that gave millennials an in to Australian real estate investment through a fractional ownership model in residential property, has been sold to Melbourne VC and private equity firm Thundering Herd. Investors buy “bricks”, currently worth between $34 and $159 each, in the 19 properties the startup has bought in Sydney, Melbourne,… Read more »
Google has settled a long-standing dispute with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) agreeing to pay an extra $481.5 million in additional tax in a major financial win for the federal government. The search giant’s agreement follows in the wake of similar deals with Microsoft, Apple and Facebook as part of a multinational e-commerce crackdown by… Read more »
Around about the time Melanie Perkins, Cliff Obrecht and Cameron Adams were founding Canva, Harrison Polites started out as a young technology journalist covering the nascent startup sector. A few years later, he’d cross over to what the media calls “the dark side” (with some, but not all jest), to work in PR specialising in… Read more »
If video is the new tweet, Shootsta co-founder and CTO Tim Moylan is on his way to becoming the next Jack Dorsey. The vidtech company lets brands create their own high-quality videos, giving them a tuck and polish with a 24-hour turnaround time. Founded in 2014 in Sydney, ASX-listed ad agency AdCorp backed the business… Read more »
ACS President Yohan Ramasundara and CEO Andrew Johnson at the ACS AI Hub. Photo: Supplied Hello Tuesday. Hello to the select few still working. Just a reminder that this time next week, you’ll be putting out carrots for the reindeer. Here’s what’s happened in the meantime. 1. Blackbird sings VC fund Blackbird Ventures scored… Read more »
Melbourne buy now, pay later (BNPL) fintech Openpay (ASX: OPY) became the last major startup listing for 2019, although initial trading wasn’t as auspicious as MoneyMe’s debut last week and Tyro in early December. Openpay raised $50 million issue at $1.60 per share for a market capitalisation of $150 million. Demand for the IPO exceeding… Read more »
Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell has recommended a suite of reforms to how the beleaguered Research and Development Tax Incentive (R&DTI) in a report released yesterday. The program has caused alarm in the startup sector since the government announced changes to it in the 2018 Budget, looking to save $2.9… Read more »
Personal lender MoneyMe (ASX: MME) made a spectacular debut on the ASX on Thursday as the latest fintech to list in 2019. The Sydney app-based lender raised $45 million in its heavily over-subscribed IPO at $1.25 per share. The float gave the business a market capitalisation of $211.8 million and enterprise value of $175.3 million.… Read more »
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